Our guide even provides the words family caregivers can use when communicating with hospital staff, with the additional intent of streamlining communication and prioritizing questions.

Laws require hospitals to collect family caregiver data

The timing for family caregiver education is ideal because more than half
of U.S. states have passed legislation that requires hospitals to collect family caregiver data. Having that data will enable hospitals and health plans to educate family caregivers and then measure how patient outcomes, readmission rates, and other healthcare performance measures improve.

Our goal is to work with hospitals as they gather and analyze that data — to educate family caregivers and enhance their impact on health outcomes and healthcare costs.